MEMRI TV Special Dispatch | No. 2146 | December 10, 2008
Antisemitism Documentation Project
Arab Islamist Clerics to Palestinians: Slaughter the Jews Like You Did in
1929; Blow Yourselves Up in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Following are excerpts from speeches by Arab Islamic leaders expressing
solidarity with Gaza, which aired on Al-Manar and Al-Aqsa TV, December 3 and
5, 2008.

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Sheik Himam Sa'id, Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: "Oh
noble Gaza, raise your head high. You have made the Muslims raise their
heads high. And you, people of Hebron - you are now waging a war against the
Jews. You are well-versed in this. We saw how, on a day in 1929, you
slaughtered the Jews in Hebron. Today, slaughter them on the land of Hebron.
Kill them in Palestine. Arise, oh people of Palestine, all the people of
Palestine - arise in defense of your Al-Aqsa Mosque, arise in defense of
Nablus and Hebron. Arise and face the [PA] Preventive Security forces. Fear
them not, for they are rabbits. They are wolves, so fear them not, oh lions.

[...]

"Oh young men, what will you say to the Jordanian government? Expel the
Jewish ambassador from Amman. Amman is pure, and the Jewish ambassador must
not defile its soil. Recall the Jordanian ambassador from Palestine. Only
mujahideen should be in Palestine - not ambassadors, not ministers, or any
representative of this nation. Do not recognize the ambassador of this
nation in Palestine. Palestine is the land of Jihad, of sacrifice, and of
preparation. We say to this government: Stop normalization with the Jews.
Stop all imports and exports with the Jews. Our markets are full of Jewish
vegetables and Jewish fruits. Traders who bring these fruits and vegetables
are traitors, collaborators. Tell them this. Make them hear our voice. The
position of the religious scholars is that anyone who trades with the Jews
is a traitor and collaborator."

[...]

Husan Abdallah, Lebanese Association of Islamic Scholars: "I say on behalf
of the Association of Islamic Scholars: The truce with the Zionist entity is
meaningless. The solution is to renew the resistance in a stronger and more
effective way. Let pure bodies blow up again in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and
in all the cities of occupied Palestine, because this enemy understands
nothing but the language of force.

[...]

"To the courageous Egyptian people we say: Arise and bring down the
artificial border, and bring food and medicine to your besieged brothers in
Gaza. The Egyptian people is required to show an act of violence, even if
they go to jail, even if they die - they will be martyrs for the sake of
Allah."

[...]

Osama Hamdan, Hamas representative in Lebanon: "Our goal is to liberate all
of Palestine, from the river to the sea, from Rosh Hanikra to Umm
Al-Rashrash [Eilat]. From Gaza, gentlemen... We do not want a state 364
square kilometers in size, nor do we want a state for which we had to beg at
the negotiating table. Such a state will never come to be. What we want is a
free state, which maintains its dignity, 27,000 square kilometers in size -
the size of Palestine in its entirety."

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